B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of ischemia/reperfusion injury immediately after myocardial reperfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Plasma BNP level before percutaneous coronary intervention may be a predictor of ischemia/reperfusion injury and the resultant extent of myocardial damage. Our findings suggest that high plasma BNP levels might have a clinically important protective effect on ischemic myocardium in patients with STEMI who receive percutaneous coronary intervention.